Lamiacae Anhängsel
‡ Warmth to the Labiatae ‡
ätherisch Ölen = entflammbare Öle/enthalten meist
H/erzeugen Wärme
Heil-/Wurz-/Duftstoffen durch riechen/schmecken wird Wesen der Stoffen wahrgenommen
+ Sympathie/Antipathie ausgelöst
Bevorzugen Mittelmeerraum. Helle + warme Standort. Bergregion. Nie Tropen
Arten, die im Wald wachsen riechen unangenehm.
Öl = im Blatt enthalten/Geschmack ist intensiver wenn Pflanze
trocken/Früchten sind klein und trocken
Enthalten r. drehende Camphor.
‡ wässrig Mitte dry
Lam-a. Orig. Menthy./Meli. (= Balm)
‡ Ich-bewusst/selbstverantwortlich/stärkt Wirkung des
Ichs Wärmeprozess als Sonneimpuls ‡
Wants to be acknowledged as
powerful?
[Rob Peters]
The Lamiaceae contain aromatic carbohydrates in the form of phenols, which
have an antiseptic as well as an aromatic action.
[Joop van Dam]
‡ Labiatae
(the mint family) -thyme, lavender and rosemary- are at their peak at noon when
the sun is highest because they are warmth plants. In the Egyptian culture
herbs were used to embalm the body. They used seven different Labiatae because
this warmth process brought forward the formative forces which could conserve
the body. If you put the brothers and sisters of the Labiatae family beside
each other, you can go from the one extreme of rosemary to the other, Lamium
album. The smaller the leaves the greater the presence of warmth-ether in the
Labiatae. ‡
Thema: Acknowledgement [1. not being
acknowledged (at work/at home/in the family/with friends/with parents/orphan),
2. full of emotions + can’t express them/holding-
on to and pent-up of feelings/put feelings into words. Ambitious + NEED of acknowledgement].
Aufregung, Leidenschaft; AKTIVE Reaktion mit Fleiß, Heiterkeit, Schreck + ängstliche Sorge, Zittern, schwitzen, überwältigt sein; PASSIV
Die sedativen Eigenschaften als Phytotherapeutika entsprechen in Homöopathie Rubriken ruhelos/reizbar/schlaflos/gereizte Schleimhäute nahe den Körperöffnungen (Nase/Rektum mit Hämorrhoiden/Blase/Nierensteine);
Sexual DESIRE/self pleasure/suppressed desire/aversion to coition/lewd
and obscene
Desire for exercise/(physical) activity/for mental work
Agreeable moods
Sleepless (from nervousness and vivacity)
Increased activity + dullness - desire with its suppression
Excitement (gained or lost)/can be adventurous, fearful/anxious, vivid,
pleasant, tremulous, exhilaration, rush of ideas, industrious, loquacity,
vivacity, singing/mirth, unpleasant surprises, irritability, shock type pain,
thrusting type pain (sudden, transient and fleeting) + warmth, perspiration,
trembling, need to move, feeling overwhelmed, passionate. This experience of
excitement can also present in dreams and during waking times. The dullness can
be lack of excitability/of reaction/numb/calm etc./
dull sluggish mind.
[Jan Scholten]
Spaß haben an Gesprächen mit Freunden und deren Anerkennung.
Freunde und Vergnügungen sind sehr wichtig.
Ruhelosigkeit. „Schnelles Leben“.
Immer fleißig, immer in Bewegung. Der Kontakt geht nicht so in die Tiefe. Überwältigt durch Gefühle (mit Zittern und Schweiß). Reizbarkeit.
Besserung:
Fröhlichkeit.
Ängste:
Unangenehme Überraschungen. Langeweile.
Neuralgie. Wandernde Schmerzen. Zittern. Nervosität. Schweiß. Schlaflosigkeit. Morbus. Basedow. Lungen. Asthma. Bronchitis. Schleimhäute von Nase,
Darm, Niere, Blase, Uterus.
[Massimo Magliavori]
Themes of the Mint-like Remedies
Narcissism
Ambition
Efficiency
Duty
Extreme pains
Coldness
[Sankaran]
Aufregung, Leidenschaft: lebhaft, schnell erregt, zittrig, gesprächig, auch schreckhaft.
aktive Reaktion: fleißig, Bewegung bessert; fröhlich, heiter, Schreck + ängstliche Sorge, Zittern, schwitzen, überwältigt sein
passive Reaktion: Verlust auf äußere Einflüsse, benommen
Kompensation: innere Ruhe
General symptoms:
Excitement (either gained or lost) = red line symptom
Sexual desire extreme + self pleasure + suppressed desire + aversion to
coition
Dull sluggish mind
Lewdness and obscene
Desire for activity, exercise, physical activity/for mental work
Agreeable moods
Sleepless (from nervousness and vivacity)
Trembling
There is increased activity + dullness - desire (with suppression)
The excitement can be adventurous, fearful, anxious, vivid, pleasant,
tremulous, exhilaration, rush of ideas, industrious, loquacity, vivacity,
singing, mirth, unpleasant surprises, irritability, shock type pain, thrusting
type pain + warmth, perspiration, trembling, the need to move, feeling
overwhelmed, passionate. Excitement can be present in dreams as well as during
waking times.
The dullness can be a lack of excitability, lack of reaction, numbness,
calmness etc.
Lamiaceae or Lamiales = mint family is a family of flowering plants (=
Labiatae).
Representatives of this family: Coll. Glech. Grat. Hedeo. Lami-a. Lycpr-v. Meli. Menth-p. Oci-c. Oci-s. Orig. Satur-h. Rosm. Scut. Thymol.. Thymu-s. Teucr. Teucr-sc.
[Dutch Masi-group and Jan Scholten]
The Lamiaceae belong to a large family and are found growing over the
entire planet. For their habitat, they prefer the open fields. Because of their
lovely smell and delicious taste many species of this family are used in the
kitchen: basil, oregano, thyme, and rosemary as smell- and taste-enhancers in
the various Mediterranean dishes. The relief-bringing quality of thyme, as
mucous dissolvent in a common cold, is well known to most of us.
In Anthroposophical medicine, the warming qualities of the Lamiaceae are
praised and because of these qualities the ethereal oils are used
in-/externally (ethereal oil of Rosemary used as additional therapy in
diabetes). According to the Anthroposophists the Lamiaceae have an incarnating
effect on the psyche because of their warming quality.
Chemistry
The Lamiaceae contain aromatic carbohydrates in the form of phenols,
which have an antiseptic as well as an aromatic action. With the aid of the
Terpenes, which the plants contain, they protect themselves against insects,
fungi, and bacteria. Other constituents are: P Va Mg Ca K Li and Moly. The
themes of these elements are well described by Jan Scholten in his books:
‘Homeopathy and the Minerals’ and ’Homeopathy and the Elements’.
Full of emotions but cannot express them adequately; find it hard to put
their feelings into words. They are ambitious and have a great need of
acknowledgement.
When this need is distorted and is a main issue in the case history, it
becomes a theme. This theme, together with the holding-on to and bottling-up of
feelings, brings the Lamiaceae into the picture. The lack of acknowledgement is
felt in all kinds of settings: at work, at home, in the family, and with
friends, but most of all, the lack is felt in relation to the father, who is
often very authoritarian.
Are not recognized for their own qualities by their parents or partner.
The lack of acknowledgement is very strong in the prototype of the orphan: no
parents and thus no recognition of his biological descent. All members of this
family probably need acknowledgement.x but each in their own specific way. The following presumptions need
to be confirmed in daily practice:
Teucrium wants to be acknowledged in
his work.
Oreganum tries to find
acknowledgment/gratification in the sexual field.
Oci. the field of acknowledgment
lies in the religious sector.
Coll. the tender point is the
pregnancy. She does not recognize her own pregnancy!!
Meli. feels powerless
when not acknowledged and becomes angry.
Oci-s. afraid of
accidents (dream of accidents) and try to find acknowledgement in managing or
joining a first- aid-group.
We can see that these patients look for gratification of their deep need
for acknowledgement from those around them.
Sideritis = ironwort./= mountain. tea/= shepherd.'s tea/an herbal tea. Origin: Mediterranean
regions/heals wounds caused by iron weapons./Alzheimer. vorbeugend?/Lamiaceae./wants
to be acknowledged as powerful?
[Steph Nile]
Relationships between the Scrophulaceae and the Ferrum Series
Digitalis.
In the mental sphere the patient is sad and depressed...
Ailments, from debauchery;
from grief. Lascivious, (lustful).
Dipsomania, alcoholism.
Despair. Anxiety. Cares.
Conscientious +/- Anger, trifles, at.
Delusions, light, incorporeal,
he is (light=>floating).
Reproaching himself.
Delusions, wrong, he has done.
Suspicious. Company, aversion
to. Fear, people of. Escapes.
Anguish, cardiac. Fear,
suffocation, of, heart disease, in.
Heat flushes climacteric. Heat
flushes sexual excess after.
Therapeutics: Heart. Liver. Kidney. Sexual sphere.
Sensations: Stitching. Miasm: Sycotic.
DD: Stage... Suspicious => S12-S15; Outcast => S16-S17
DD: Series... Done wrong => Ferrums
DD: Elem.... People, aversion => Cupr-met. Persued => Zinc-met.
DD: Salt...... Lascivious => Carbs Nitricum Fl-ac.;
Comparitive Extraction:
Delusions - light, incorporeal, he is: Dig. Zinc-met. Plut-n.
Delusions - conscience; anxiety: DIG. Zinc-met.
Death - presentiment of: Dig. Zinc-met. Zinc-p.
Nymphomania - ORIG. Dig. GRAT. Zinc-met. Zinc-p.
Sensation: Dig: Acute: Sudden Break of Connection.
Disconnection (and holding-on) increases in Stages 12-15: i.e. Zn Ga Ge
Ars. Could ALL the Scrophulaceae, from Rajan's acute to leprotic states, are
grouped
around ONE Stage?
Lets look for a pattern by considering Gratiola.
Gratiola.
Image: Haughty. Loquacious. Hates contradiction and will contradict you!
Gratiola's haughtiness is actually a reaction to the humiliation caused by
pride of others.
Loquacity, cheerful,
exuberant.
Nymphomania. Sexual
desire-excessive.
Anger, contradiction, from.
Anger, violent.
Loathing life. Aversion.
Mistanthropy
Relations: Zinc-met. or Germanium plus the Fluor Salts.
DD: Stage... Outcast => S16-S17
DD: Series... Hides inefficiency => Ferrums
DD: Elem..... Contradicts => Germanium
DD: Salt...... Lascivious => Flouratum;
Comparitive Extraction:
Misanthropy : Grat-met. Germ-met.
Quarrelsome: Grat. Dig. Zinc-met. Germ-met.
Contradiction: Grat. Nicc-met.
Haughty: Grat. Cupr-met.
Sensation: Grat.: Leprosy: Despised therefore no more Connection.
Gratiola (S14) like Digi (S12) is in the Ferrum Series - some of the
Grat. pathology is similar to Flour.
Order Lamiales, Family Verbenacea, Spp. Agnus Castus.
Agnus Castus (Chaste tree, Monks Pepper!) – DD.: Ant-c.
Image: Breakdown. An important remedy for the Sexual sphere when there
is debility and depression, as in premature old age (perhaps caused by
high-living). After feeling pretty special they begin to feel useless and
therefore worthless. The sexual urge is lost.
[Clarke] Great sadness with a fixed idea of approaching death. This fear
is not of immediate death as with Aconite, but the patient thinks it is sure to
come after a while, and there is no use in doing anything. The selected rubrics
give some indication of the state ...
Ailments, from sexual
excesses. Amativeness. Satyriasis.
Coition averse to. Erections,
wanting, desire with.
Vivacious. Exhilaration #
sadness. Sentimental. Wants to be quiet.
Grief. Discontented with
everything. Morose. Despair. Ideas, deficiency of.
Delusions - body is lighter
than air. Doubt if anything has existence.
Delusions - he is worthless;
of being nobody.
Loathing life. Indifference to
external things. Death desires. Suicidal, thoughts.
DEATH -presentiment of -soon
and that she cannot be helped; believes that she will die
Performance could be a major issue...
Ailments, from anticipation,
foreboding. Frightful/anxious dreams.
Contemptuous, self, of.
Confidence, want of self.
Intolerant of contradiction.
Discouraged, alternating with
haughtiness.
Ejaculation -
scanty/quick/failing. Erections either incomplete or strong.
Weakness from pollutions.
Some physical indications which confirm both Sycotic and Syphilitic
miasms.
Gonorrhea, suppressed (sycosis). Urethra: Discharge, gonorrhoeal.
Sycosis. Syphilis. Mucus
secretions yellow. Ulcers indolent.
Menses, painful. Dysmenorrhea.x Protracted.
Nose, odors fish-brine; musk.
Pain, benumbing. Pain,
drawing, bones in. Pain, paralytic, joints in.
Therapeutics: Gonorrhoea. Ulcers.
Sensation: Corrosive itching. Stitching. Tearing (muscles).
Miasm: Sycosis. Syphilis.
DD: Stage... Loss:
Discontented, Suicidal => S15
DD: Series... Loss of ideas or performance => Silver Series
DD: Elem.... Sentimental => Ant-s. (the sulphide)
DD: Salt...... Loss of Enjoyment => N2, O2; Relationships =>
Sulphur
Comment: Yet another Stage 15 Lamiales Remedy!
Reflection: In Dr. Rajans Gratiola case (Plants III) the Ferrum series
is confirmed by loss of connection to society (village). However, several Dig.
(closely related to Grat) rubrics suggest that they are both morally and
spiritually sensitive (Lamiales trait) and can therefore lose connection with
their spirituality, which is clearly
demonstrated in
Dr. Rajans Veronica (Lamiales Plantaginaceae) case in Plants II. This
interpretation is born out by the info we have on Buddleah.
RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS - too occupied with religion: Dig. ZINC-met.
stann-met.
THOUGHTS; profound: Grat.
This would suggest a different series all together; a second reading of
such a case could fit the Lanthanides.
Is their search directed within? Is the issue (Series)
self-determination or work?
[Massimo Mangialavori]
Ambition
To get recognition the Lamiaceae throw themselves with much ambition
into their work (Kaliums) and try to make a good impression (Calciums). They do
their best but that is never good enough: Menth-p. Oreganum, Thyme, and
Scuttelaria.
Lamiaceae: ambition has the connotation of: “It is my duty to do my
best.” Like iron-group constituents: Kalium, Vanadium, Ferrum, Manganum, Cuprum
and Chromium
like Phosporus.
Bottling-up
Despite being talkative, Lamiaceae express themselves insufficiently and
do not show their vulnerability or express their true feelings. The cause of
this situation can often be found in their youth: parents who do not show their
own feelings, who do not tell the truth, etc.
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[Rob Peters]
Lamiaceae, or Lamiales, also known as the mint family, is a family of
flowering plants. The original family name is Labiatae, so given because the
flowers typically have petals fused into an upper lip and a lower lip. Although
this is still considered an acceptable alternative name, most botanists now
refer to Lamiaceae, a name we will stick to in this issue.
The most important representatives of this family or their derivatives
in Homeopathy are: Collinsonia canadensis, Glechoma hederacea, Hedeoma, Lamium
album, Lycopus virginicus, Melisse officinale, Mentha pelegium, Ocimum canum,
Ocimum sanctum, Origanum, Satureia hortensis, Rosmarinus, Scuttelaria,
Thymolum, Thymus serpullum, Teucrium mare verum, Teucrium scorodonia and
others.
The following is additional information on the Lamiaceae gathered by the
Dutch Masi-group and by Jan Scholten.
Applications of the Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae belong to a large family and are found growing over the
entire planet. For their habitat, they prefer the open fields. Because of their
lovely smell and delicious taste many species of this family are used in the
kitchen.. We are all acquainted with the merits of basil, oregano, thyme, and
rosemary as smell- and taste-enhancers in the various Mediterranean dishes.
The relief-bringing quality of thyme, as mucous dissolvent in a common
cold, is well known to most of us.
In Anthroposophical medicine, the warming qualities of the Lamiaceae are
praised and because of these qualities the ethereal oils are used internally as
well as externally; the ethereal oil of Rosemary, for example, is used as
additional therapy in diabetes. According to the Anthroposophists the Lamiaceae
have an incarnating effect on the psyche because of their warming quality.
Chemistry
The Lamiaceae contain aromatic carbohydrates in the form of phenols,
which have an antiseptic as well as an aromatic action. With the aid of the
Terpenes, which the plants contain, they protect themselves against insects,
fungi, and bacteria. Other constituents are: Phos. Vanadium, Magnesium,
Calcium, Kalium, Lithium, Molybdenum. The themes of these elements are well
described by
Jan Scholten in his books: ‘Homeopathy and the Minerals’ and ’Homeopathy
and the Elements’.
MAIN THEMES OF THE LAMIACEAE
Acknowledgement
The patients are full of emotions but cannot express them adequately;
they find it hard to put their feelings into words. They are ambitious and have
a great need of acknowledgement. When this need is distorted and is a main
issue in the case history, it becomes a theme. This theme, together with the
holding-on to and bottling-up of feelings, brings the Lamiaceae into the
picture. The lack
of acknowledgement is felt in all kinds of settings: at work, at home,
in the family, and with friends, but most of all, the lack is felt in relation
to the father, who is often
very authoritarian.
Patients who need a remedy from the Lamiaceae suffer from the fact that
they are not recognized for their own qualities by their parents or partner.
The lack of acknowledgement is very strong in the prototype of the orphan
(proving Wad-stories 2): no parents and thus no recognition of his biological
descent. All members of this family probably need acknowledgement but each in
their own specific way. The following presumptions need to be confirmed in
daily practice:
- Teucrium wants to be
acknowledged in his work.
- Oreganum tries to find
acknowledgment/gratification in the sexual field.
- Ocimum basilica, the
field of acknowledgment lies in the religious sector.
- The tender point of
Collinsonia is the pregnancy. She does not recognize her own pregnancy!!
- Melissa officinalis feels
powerless when not acknowledged and become angry.
- Ocimum sanctum patients
are afraid of accidents (dream of accidents) and try to find acknowledgement in
managing or joining a first-aid-group.
We can see that these patients look for gratification of their deep need
for acknowledgement from those around them.
Ambition
To get recognition the Lamiaceae throw themselves with much ambition
into their work (Potassium) and try to make a good impression (Calcium). They
do their best but
that is never good enough.
Massimo Mangialavori: added the following Lamiaceae to the rubric
‘Ambition’: Mentha piperita, Oreganum, Thyme, and Scuttelaria.
In the Lamiaceae’s context, ambition has the connotation of: “It is my
duty to do my best.” We find this theme in the iron-group: Kalium, Vanadium,
Ferrum, Manganum, Cuprum and Chromium which, like Phosporus, are important
constituents of the Lamiaceae.
Bottling-up
Despite being talkative, Lamiaceae express themselves insufficiently and
do not show their vulnerability or express their true feelings. The cause of
this situation can often
found in their youth: parents who do not show their own feelings, who do
not tell the truth, etc.
RUBRICS
Throat, speech:
- Loquacity: oci. teucr. Thymol.
- Indisposed to talk: lycps. orig.
- Quiet disposition: scut.
- Aphasia: oci.
- Desires salt: lycps. teucr. (nat-m)
- Thyroid problems: in Dutch opkroppen means bottling up, holding on;
crop = goiter
- Goiter: lam. lycps,. scut.
- Pain throat: menth. oci-s.
Spasms:
- Restrain, retain (Cupr-met.)
- Head, pain, cramping: teucr.
- Head, temples, cramping: rosm.
- Stomach, pain, cramping: coll. teucr.
- Abdomen, pain, cramping: coll. lycps. teucr.
Congestion:
- Nose obstruction: menthol. teucr.,
- Hemorrhoids: coll. lam. lycps.
- Abdomen, distention: coll. lam.
- Constipation: coll. hedeo. lam. lycps.
Hemorrhage:
- Hemorrhage: coll. lycps. hedeo.,
- Metrorrhagia: coll. lycps. oci-s. rosm.
- Chest, hemorrhage: coll. lam. lycps.,
- Anus, hemorrhage: coll. glech. lycps.
Sedative, tranquillizing and sleep-inducer:
- Restlessness: coll. lam. menth-pu. menthol. oci-c. orig. scut. thymol.
- Irritability: lycps. oci-c. orig. teucr. thymol.
- Sleeplessness: lam. lycps. teucr.,
Antiseptic:
- Inflammation: lycps. teucr.
- Sinusitis: menth. teucr.,
- Inflammation kidney: coll. lycps. oci-c.,
- Bladder, morbid urging: hedeo. lycps. oci-c. scut.
Repertorium:
Bluthusten + andere Blutungen vor
allem Schleimhäute: Coll. Glech.
Lam. Lycps.
Niere + Blase: Coll./Lycps./Oci-c./Scut.
Nase verstopft:
Menthol./Teucr;
Throat, speech:
Loquacity: Oci. Teucr. Thymol.
Indisposed to talk: Lycps. Orig.
Quiet disposition: Scut.
Aphasia: Oci-c.
Desires salt: Lycps. Teucr. (Nat-m.)
Redselig: Oci. Teucr. Thymo.
Will nicht reden: Lycps. Oci-c. Orig. Scut.
Thyroid problems: in Dutch opkroppen means bottling up, holding on; crop
= goiter
Goiter: Lam. Lycps. Scut.
Schilddrüse: Lam./Lycps./Scut.
Spasms:
Restrain, retain (Cupr-met.)
Head, pain, cramping: Teucr.
Head,
temples, cramping: Rosm.
Stomach, pain, cramping: Coll.
Teucr.
Abdomen, pain, cramping: Coll. Lycps. Teucr.
Congestion:
Nose obstruction: Menthol. Teucr.
Hemorrhoids: Coll. Lam. Lycps.
Abdomen, distention: Coll. Lam.
Constipation: Coll. Hedeo. Lam.
Lycps.
Hemorrhage:
Hemorrhage: Coll. Lycps. Hedeo.,
Metrorrhagia: Coll. Lycps. Oci-s.
Rosm.
Chest, hemorrhage: Coll. Lam. Lycps
Anus, hemorrhage: Coll. Glech.
Lycps.
Hämorrhoiden: Coll./Lam./Lycps.;
Schleimhäute: Reizung der Schleimhäute nahe den Körperöffnungen [Nase/Rektum (Hämorrhoiden)/Blase/Nierensteine];
Schleimhautentzündung: Lycps + Teucr
Halsweh: Menth-p. Oci-s.
Sedative, tranquillizing and sleep-inducer:
Restless: Coll. Lam. Menth-pu. Menthol. Oci-c. Orig. Scut. Thymol.
Irritable: Lycps. Oci-c. Orig. Teucr. Thymol.
Sleepless: Lam. Lycps Teucr.
Sinusitis: Menthol./Teucr.
Antiseptic:
Inflammation: Lycps. Teucr.
Inflammation kidney: Coll. Lycps.
Oci-c.
Bladder, morbid urging: Hedeo.
Lycps. Oci-c. Scut.
Pain:
Pain throat: Menth. Oci-s. Glech.
Halsweh: Menth-p./Oci-s.;
Magen-/Bauchschmerz: Coll./Lycps./Teucr.;
Schleimhäute: Coll./Glech./Lam./Lycps.;
Schleimhautentzündungen: Lycps./Teucr.
Verstopfung: Coll./Hedeo./Lam./Lycps.;
PATHOLOGIE: Reizung der Schleimhäute; Schildrüse: Lam. Lycps. Scut.
[JJ Kleber]
Labiatae = Lippenblütler gehören zur Ordnung der Lamiales = Lippenblütlerartige;
Viele Lamiaceae erfreuen durch den lieblichen Geruch, und dienen oft als belebende Küchenkräuter; medizinisch Hauptwirkung auf Schleimhäute der Atemwege und des GIT; chemisch enthalten sie antiseptisch wirkende etherische Öle (Terpene/Phenole).
Scholten: sucht Anerkennung Bestätigung in Außenwelt (Arbeit/Freundschaft/Beziehung) als Reaktion auf Mangel an Anerkennung in Jugend (autoritärer Vater); stürz
sich deshalb gewissenhaft in die Arbeit; fühlt sich nie genug geschätzt/anerkannt/gelobt in ihren Fähigkeiten und hat geringes Selbstwertgefühl: Voll von Emotionen nimmt eventuell schnell Kontakte auf (Phos.), sind aber verschlossen im Inneren (Scrophulariaceae) als Ausdruck der inneren Einsamkeit wegen mangelnder Anerkennung in der Jugend; sie haben Probleme ihre Gedanken und tiefen Gefühle (Verletzlichkeit) auszudrücken (bei Autoritäten) und erscheinen teils nichts sagend geschwätzig; können trotzdem meist gut kommunizieren und Verstehen andere, um Anerkennung zu erhalten, haben aber nie gelernt sich selbst den anderen mitzuteilen und tiefere Bindungen aufzunehmen; das verschlossene Selbst verhindert echten Kontakt (Phos: zugewandt und hat trotzdem Problem mit Kommunikation + Lernen). Diese innere Verschlossenheit führt zu Krämpfen (Magen/Bauch/Kopf/ZNS).
[Sankaran]
Sucht Er-/Aufregung, Sex + Partie, Vergnügungen; Erregung von Mangel an Erregbarkeit # freudige Erregung (excitement: nerval/mental/sexuell); diese AKTIVITÄT treibt
an und wird direkt auf andere Organe übertragen (zittern/schwitzen/nervös) und Gegenteil ist INaktivität.
DD.: Phos-ähnlich: Bedürfnis nach Kommunikation, Erregbarkeit des ZNS, Blutungsneigung/-bereitschaft; Bemühung um Anerkennung + innere Verschlossenheit;
Scrophulariaceae (hier Focus auf Ansehen der Familie/Gruppe).
DD.: Eisenserie „it is my duty to do the best“.
Sedativen Eigenschaften als Phytotherapeutika entspricht in den homöopathischen Rubriken: Erregung ruhelos/reizbar/schlaflos;
Like sweet marjoram, Teucrium marum
and other labiates acting on the sexual sphere, wild marjoram also effects the
nasal region which is related to it: against inflammation, chronic coryza,
Schleimhäute: Reizung der Schleimhäute nahe den Körperöffnungen (Nase/Rektum mit Hämorrhoiden/Blase/Nierensteine);
Sankaran: Aufregung, Leidenschaft: lebhaft, schnell erregt, zittrig, gesprächig, auch schreckhaft
aktive Reaktion: fleißig, > Bewegung; fröhlich/heiter, Schreck + ängstliche Sorge, Zittern, schwitzen, überwältigt sein
passiv: Reaktionsverlust auf äußere Einflüsse, benommen
Kompensation: innere Ruhe
‡ Folgendes hat anthroposofische Einschlüße ‡
Frei nach: Wilhelm Pelikan
The Labiatae Plants of warmth.
Every single one of the Labiatae is a medicinal plant. If the medicinal plant
generally strikes us as a one-sided development of the family type, then the
Labiatae as a family must be regarded as a particularly one-sided variation of
archetypal plant nature. This one-sidedness is due to the extraordinary extent
to which this plant family permits the cosmic forces of warmth to influence it.
Warmth takes hold of the Labiatae and organizes their development to a far
greater degree than any other plant family. Every plant family, do have their
share of the action of warmth, but none to the extent as the Labiatae. The
centre of the impulses for such warmth activity lies, as with all plants,
outside the plant body, in the cosmos, in the sun. Only man, the being who has
an ego, bears such an impulse-centre as part of his being, within himself; he
is a being with his own warmth. A particular reaction between man and the
Labiatae arises through the warmth in the make-up of those plants. This
warmth-element finds physical expression in the production of special, fiery,
aromatic substances, etheric oils. These are substances which may be said to
want to become warmth themselves. In them, warmth has taken substance, as far
as this is possible, towards its own essential nature. These substances are
extremely volatile, with rapid expansion from the fluid to the gaseous state,
easily inflammable, and burning with a bright flame. The vapour is invisible
and colourless, it allows light to pass through it, but at the same time robs
it of radiant heat, letting the light emerge bright but cool.
The etheric oils have no relation to the watery element, nor to the
earth. They do not dissolve in water, nor do they dissolve minerals or salts.
They do dissolve substances which also owe their existence to the action of
warmth: waxes, resins, fats. The etheric oils contain a big amount of H;
Etheric oil of rosemary is the plant substance containing the most H;
and H is the substance most closely related to warmth in the whole earth
sphere.
Cosmic warmth-activity is differentiated into different temperature zones
over the earth; parallel to this differentiation the various species of
Labiatae develop from the main type. This type unfolds its possibilities
parallel to those differentiations in warmth activity as follows:
The Labiatae prefer the Mediterranean, avoid the tropical jungle, and in
fact the tropics altogether, but also the cold regions. They love wide, open
fields, dry (stony) slopes, wild scrub land, sunny hill tops. Here they develop
their most characteristic and noble species. Lesser varieties are found in damp
meadows, near brooks, in the shade of woods; these species have rough, coarse,
sweat-like scents. One can smell how the element of warmth does not gain
ascendancy as it does in the purer species, but must fight against the
obstructive forces of damp and darkness. In the tropics, the cosmic sphere, and
particularly cosmic warmth, is drawn too strongly into the earthly sphere; this
is not the place for the Labiatae. In the colder regions, the cosmic forces do
not get hold of the earth strongly enough, and here, too, the Labiatae are
absent. In the mountain ranges of the Mediterranean, with their short rainy
periods in spring, the long, dry, bright summers, where cosmic forces continue
to rule for a long time, the type develops to its greatest perfection. Here
grow the noblest, the wonderfully aromatic species of lavender, rosemary,
thyme, sage and others.
With regard to warmth activity, therefore, the Labiatae prefer the
middle one of the climatic zones, the rhythmic middle of the earth body; and out
of this warmth activity they develop their etheric oils, preferably in their
own rhythmic region, in the leaf region.
Having visualized the distribution of the Labiatae over the climatic zones
of the earth, we must next picture the distribution of their life cycles within
the cycles of the seasons. Flowering in summer.
The root process of the labiate plant comes to grips with the mineral
element in the soil. It does not like the half- mineral, half-living
consistency of swamp soil, nor does it take hold on a living substrate as the
parasite does. But nevertheless this root process does not really make the
mineral nature of the earth part of itself. That which we might term
"turned-up earth," namely a tree, develops only as a rare exception
among the Labiatae. For them, it is enough to have enlivened the mineral; and
the plant then immediately strives towards the opposite pole. A watery
congestion of growth, like that seen in the succulent plants, is equally
foreign to the Labiatae. A simple pair of coltyledons is followed by the other
leaves of the shoot; no trouble is taken to form or arrange them with loving
care;
simple, undivided and decussate, further leaves follow. In the
"normal" plant, say a Ranunculus, the single pair of cotyledons is
followed by the rising spiral of alternate leaves, showing a rich variety of
forms, and only in the end again contracted into a simple leaf, the little
sepal in the circle of the calyx: similar to the early form and leading to the
higher beginning of floral development. This whole range of leaf development is
limited to very simple forms in the labiate plant - evidence of a strong, rapid
striving towards the flowering process. The leaves, the stems, already begin to
give off fragrance; in this, too, they anticipate the flowering process, are
already warmed through and inflamed like flowers, whilst a "normal"
plant first mercurially weaves the airy light element into those of water and
earth. To this "mercurial" process belonging to the leaf, a
"sulphuric" and "phosphoric" are added in the Labiatae. In
the circumstances it will be no surprise that the form of the calyx already
resembles that of the corolla. If a sage blossom is plucked from its calyx, it
will be seen that the latter has the same form as the flower. The flowers
themselves appear in such abundance, in such a great variety of peculiar forms
and strange conformations, that they obviously are a key to the essential
nature of the labiate plants. The axis of the flower changes from the vertical
direction of the shoot to the horizontal, and with this the labiate flower
moves away from plant nature, towards animal nature. For the horizontal is the
direction of formation and movement of the animal. Upper lips arch up, lower
lips are pushed outwards; throats and gullets open up, forms to match the
insect linked with these flowers. If blossoms like that are filled with wax,
the impression resembles the head of a bee with its proboscis extended. Stamens
and stigma become organs moved by a touch. The insect flying to the flower is
received, enveloped, its movement even elicits a movement in response, like an
echoed movement. The juices of the plant also surge towards the animal, in the
formation of nectar; this is all the more abundant the more often the flower is
visited. If a bee visits thyme, sage or other labiates, this is an encounter
between warmth-animal and warmth-plant. The animal maintains a temperature
level similar to that of the human blood in its hive. It gathers the sugary
warmth-spiced nectar to transform it into honey, raising it to a higher sphere
of life, that of the animal, permeated with warmth.
The fruits arising from such a flowering process are dry little nuts
containing seeds with a high fat or oil content. These, too, are very much
saturated with warmth. (Volatile and fatty oils. are related through their connection with
warmth, but at the same time also polar opposites. In volatile oils, substance
separates out into the warmth element, a centrifugal process. In fatty oils,
substance absorbs the warmth element, a centripetal process. In volatile oils,
material substance strives towards the sphere of warmth; in fatty oils, warmth
moves into the substance. Volatility is the essence of the one; envelopment,
concentration, that of the other.) Juicy fruits produced by the watery element
are lacking.
Having looked at the labiate life as a whole, let us return once more to
the formation of the leaves. It strikes one that the meagre amount of play
permitted in the shaping out of the labiate leaf - from the broad leaf of
melissa or woundwort to the needle-like leaf of rosemary or thyme - faithfully
reflects the extent to which cosmic warmth actually takes hold of the species.
And this is also reflected in the taste of the leaf, from the mildly aromatic
one of melissa to the fiery, peppery taste of summer savory and thyme with
their narrow leaves, and finally the burning, caustic flavour of the small leaf
of Teucrium marum.
Therapeutic Activity of the Labiatae:
As flowering is so strong in this family, being pushed right down into
the leaf region, one may expect stimulating and warming activity, firing the
metabolism, anywhere between metabolism and rhythmic system. And the sphere of
action of the Labiatae does indeed cover an area from digestion to respiration.
The processes of warmth and the intensive sugar process (the formation of
nectar) establish a relation to the member of man's being which is active in
processes of warmth, basing itself on the sugar process in the blood: the ego.
The activity of the ego, in the metabolism, in the formation of the blood and
in the respiratory processes, is quite generally influenced by medicinal plants
from among the Labiatae. These plants do not intensively concern themselves
with the mineral, earth element, and because of this their medicinal action
also does not noticeably extend to the system of nerves and senses. Nor do
powerful astral impulses press in to any abnormal extent anywhere in the
Labiatae, breaking through the region of the formative processes, the etheric,
right into the physical sphere (this is characteristic of the formation of
alkaloids in poisonous plants).
As a result the Labiatae also do not have any particularly immediate
effect on man's astrality, such as narcotic, anaesthestic actions, dimming
consciousness. The accent
is on the activity of the ego organization in the metabolic sphere, with
an inclination towards the rhythmic system. Depending on the specific form
developed by the individual species of this family, this or that organic sphere
will be specifically addressed: either the blood, or the gastrointestinal
region, the heart, the lung, the uterus. Over and above this, the Labiatae will
assist quite generally to control any unrestrained astral activity, and place
the astral body under the rule of the
ego. Weakness of the ego in many different forms can be treated with
these plants, right down to that organic failure of the ego organization
resulting in diabetes mellitus.
In the form of herbs and spices, too - this family includes a great many
herbs - the Labiatae stimulate the ego to conscious participation in the
processes of digestion, by making it aware of taste, of savour. The scents of
the family all have that stimulating, awakening, harsh and fiery note which
strengthens the ego. There is nothing sweet, cloying, indulgent or benumbing
about them.
As the Labiatae get their key-note from the element of warmth, let us
first of all consider the most typical species, those where the
warmth-principle is fully dominant. Headed by rosemary.
They are followed by those where the element of warmth has to assert
itself by fighting against opposing formative principles, or where it is muted.
Collinsonia. canadensis = Griesswurzel/= Steinwurzel/=
Horse Balm/= Rich Weed/= Heal-all/= Canada Snake-root;
Sucht Anerkennung während der Schwangerschaft (< im Wochenbett wegen eingeschränkter Aktivität) und in ihrer Arbeit/kann Aufgabe der Arbeit (Rente/arbeitslos) nicht ertragen; fühlt sich schnell eingesperrt, hasst Beschränkungen (einschränkende Regeln)/braucht Platz, eine große Welt zum erforschen
Chronisch gereizte Schleimhäute (Nasen-Kattarrh/Gastritis/Rektum); Obstipation + harter/klumpiger Stuhl (<< schwanger); Hämorrhoiden, Fissur (Splitterempfindung), jucken/Durchfall.
<< Schwangerschaft + Wochenbett; Beschwerden nach Hämorrhoiden-Operation.
Scholten: Stadium 13 (Scheitert durch Festhalten an veralteten Einstellungen);
Sankaran: Malaria-Miasma
Glech. = ground
ivy/= alehoof/= gill/= Gundelrebe/= Ground-ivy/= Erdefeu
Passt sich an, nimmt alles hin (kein Rebellieren) nur um dazuzugehören; trotzdem zeitweise das Gefühl, wie ein Waise, nicht voll zur Familie/Gruppe zu gehören; Angst verlassen zu werden
Scholten: Stadium 5 (alternierende Zustände: dazugehören durch Anpassung <-> doch nicht ganz dazugehören)
In Traumwelt; Angst zu versagen/zurückgewiesen/nicht anerkannt zu werden; veränderlich/chaotisch
Flowers as one of the first spring plants/first of all the labiates in
dry and sunny places where no shade falls (hedges/walls/roadsides/under fruit
trees).
It is the first plant of spring to transform the cosmic warmth given to
the earth into warmth filled plant nature. The leaves are still rounded, with
indentations round the margins, corresponding to the formative forces of the watery
element, but they are permeated with a mild, aromatic warmth. The foliage
withstands the cold of winter. After flowering creeps all over the ground; it
belongs to the earth. The flower whorls which turn towards the light are drawn
up into the leaf axils. Leaf and flower impulses intermingle. The plant belongs
to central and northern Europe and neighbouring regions of Asia as far as
Siberia. The taste, aromatic, earthy, and harshly bitter, reveals, the presence
of etheric soil, tannin and bitters.
Used to stimulate metabolism quite generally (in spring); weakness of
the bladder, congestion of liver and spleen, weakness of the digestive tract,
insufficient blood formation; furthermore for diseases of the respiratory
organs with a tubercular basis, bronchial asthma, scrofula, calculi and
jaundice, application being both internal and external; all this is very
similar to the actions of the other labiates we have been considering,
especially those mentioned last. There is therefore no need for further details.
Galeopsis segetum (G. ochroleuca),
downy hemp-nettle/damp areas in western Europe/grows on siliceous sandy rubble
(crumbled, broken primitive rock), a soil which is completely mineral and
permeated with air and sufficient moisture. Spiky, and with elongated hemp-like
leaves, even its hairy, bristly appearance shows that the siliceous element is
not only the soil in which it takes root (it flees from chalk), but also plays
a part internally in giving the plant its form. The "upper" stories
of the leaf nodes bear pseudo-whorls of very striking large pale yellow flowers
shaped like animal heads (gale-opsis = weasel's face). The ash has a high
silica content (18%). Like the siliceous Teucrium, Galeopsis is a good remedy
for diseases of the lung due to weakness of the light metabolism in the
organism; it is one of the components of the "Silica Teas" so
successful in the treatment of certain forms of phthisis. Its warming
properties are gentle, the plant is only weakly aromatic.
Hedeo.
= squaw mint/= American pennyroyal in gravel pits and similar siliceous sites
in the central regions of North America. Sells like mint and resembles the
common hoarhound in its growth.
Main action - emmenagogic, abortive, against dysmenorrhoea and
leukorrhoea - is basically the promotion of warmth and blood circulation, but
also in establishing order through- out the genetial sphere - particularly the
female sexual organs, these being much more rhythmical in nature than the male.
There is also stimulation of liver, gall and splenic activity.
Hysso-o.
The shoot is
slender but tall, closely covered with narrow lancet leaves. It bears aloft the
blue or reddish-violet blossoms held together in a pseudo-spicule, with their
stamens spilling out.
S. Europe/dry regions of western Asia found on rocky, stony hills and
mountains. The scent of the crushed leaves is warming, camphor-like, and a bit
animal-like, as of a badger. In addition to its warming properties it has those
due to the camphor it contains - relaxing and antispasmodic; the rhythmic
region of the plant abundantly developed, and correspondingly the medicinal
action is aimed more at the rhythmic system, with chronic bronchial catarrh,
asthma, but also the regulation of perspiration, as the indications.
The oil will also ameliorate severe pain from wounds.
Lam-a. = weiße Taubnessel/= white Nettle Lam/= Dead Nettle
Sankaran: Sykosis
TrauRIG; Verlassenheitsgefühl; ängstlich umhergetrieben; Verwirrt, wiederkehrender Gedankenandrang, Angst/Gefühl verrückt zu werden
Beschwerden kommen + gehen langsam.
Tiefsitzende Kopfschmerz; Hämorrhoiden, Blasenbeschwerden
This plant may be found almost anywhere in the cooler parts of Europe,
very much like a weed, and shows only traces of the warmth character of the
family. Having a strong upward growing trend in the leaf and stem region, does
resemble the stinging nettle but the floral element combines with the leaf
rhythm, node following node, with pseudo-whorls of many large white,
wide-throated flowers.
Sweet-scented, slimy-sweet, slightly harsh dried flowers dissolving
mucus/relieving inflammation, main action unfolding in the kidney/female
genital organs (leukorrhoea/hardening of the uterus/lack of tone in the
uterus/premature menses and strangury, retention of urine in old men,
inflammatory processes involving the urinary passages. The dead-nettle is like
a faint echo of the fiery labiate motif, in a cool, damp, earthy medium.
Leon-c. grows on waste land, in village lanes, dry
pastures, along fences and hedges, also intermingles leaf and flower formation,
drawing the inflorescence down into the region of leafy rhythm; the
pseudo-whorls of pinkish labiate flowers sit in the leaf axils of the tall pile
of nodes. Not only is the leaf rhythm more strongly emphasized in this plant,
but the shape of the leaf itself is shaped out in more detail than in most of
the Labiatae; it is divided and arranged in triangular lappets. The plant is
only faintly aromatic, with a musty and slightly repellent scent, and the taste
is very bitter. Corresponding to the nature thus expressed, the medicinal action
has largely shifted from
the metabolic to the rhythmic action. Am-/dysmenorrhea, sterility and
climacteric symptoms do also benefit, but the accent lies on the help this
plant gives with palpitations, anxiety, dyspnoea, weak cardiac function with
intermittent pulse, angina pectoris; oppression of the heart from the metabolism, Roemheld's syndrome. = Leon-c.- ähnlich;
Lycopus. europaeus = Wolfstrapp/= Ufer-Wolfstrapp;
Lycp-vg. = virginischer Wolfstrapp/= Wolfsfuß/= Bugle Weed/= Gipsyweed
= Leon-c.- ähnlich: less metabolic,
more the rhythmic system.
Fühlt sich total ausgeschlossen, ausgestoßen, wenn sie nicht hart genug arbeiten (können) + genug Reichtum haben, um anerkannt zu werden; daher harte ruhelose Arbeiter; Angst Waise, Flüchtling, Häftling zu werden;
Geld wegen Anerkennung wichtig, guter Umgang mit Geld;
Mitleidig, prophetische Träume; fühlen sich schnell schuldig. Tumultartige Herztätigkeit; Herzschmerz/-geräusche bei Klappenfehlern.
Dyspnoe, Atembeklemmung bei Niederlegen
Hämorrhoidalbeschwerden unterdrückt.
< Anstrengung;
Hyperthyreose (mit Exophthalmus); Arrhythmie, Hämorrhoiden; Hüfterkrankungen; Varikose.
Scholten: Stadium 17 (loszulassen von Aufgabe, von Vergangenheit);
Sankaran: Typhus-Miasma
Shows an overdeveloped leaf rhythm in a numerous succession of leaf
nodes, with circlets of tiny white flowers drawn into the axils. The
inflorescence is dissolved up and distributed over this rhythmic leaf region.
It is completely subjected to it. Like those of the last species, the leaves
are deeply incised and feathery. Near slowly flowing waters in Atlantic coastal
regions of N.America. Must come to terms with water. The power of etheric oils is
subdued, but formation of tannin/bitter substances increased.
Good cardiac stimulant; it has been successfully prescribed for weakness
of the heart after overexertion, with anxiety, dilatation of the heart, and
tachycardia in conjunction with Basedow's disease. Acts on the blood process
itself; it has been used to treat icterus, haemorrhoidal bleeding, and
pulmonary haemorrhages in diseases of the lung.
Marr-v. more than Melissa, the shoot with its
rhythmical sequence of leaves, node following node, is the chief organ; from
the leaf axils of each node arise the almost spherical small white
pseudo-whorls with their tiny flowers. The plant is found throughout Europe,
right down into Asia; it loves rubbish heaps, dry, bare but warm places. The
egg shaped leaves are contracted into wrinkles, only slightly aromatic; but
very bitter; they also contain tannin.
Even more so than Melissa, the medicinal action is directed at the
rhythmic system. It is not so much a plant of warmth and more one of rhythm.
Marrubium does also help in catarrhal gastritis and enteritis, stimulate
hepatic function, promote menstruation, but what is much more important is its
action in mucous congestion of the bronchi, chronic bronchitis, whooping cough,
senile asthma; it stimulates the circulatory system and regulates the beating
of the heart. It also reduces excessive salivation, especially in cases of
mercury poisoning.
Meli. = Zitronenmelisse/= Zitronelle/= Herzkraut/= Sweet Balm/= Bee Balm;
Paracelsus.x,: Elixier des Lebens;
Strenge Perfektionist kompensiert mit overdoing in Arbeit + Sozialkontakt ihr tiefes Misstrauen/Ärger/Kummer; Erscheinungsbild = Phos-ähnlich;
Emotional tief verschlossen gegenüber Autoritäten innerlich ablehnend misstrauischen Persönlichkeit;
Ärger in dessen Leben, 1. explodiert fast, aber kann sich gerade noch kontrollieren, 2. Müde + hilflos, machtlos; 3. kann letztendlich tyrannisch werden mit viel Hass.
Ursachen: sexuell abuse; Verlust einer großen Liebe
Scholten 12: (overdoing, Wiederholungen)
Herpes, Blutungen, Menopause, Mensesprobleme, Vaginismus, Nackenbeschwerden; Krämpfe
This graceful perennial herb, nettle-like in its growth, expresses its
essential nature particularly in the foliage. Instead of the needle-like,
contracted leaves of the "fiery labiates," we now have broad,
well-formed leaves, pair following pair in rhythmic sequence with no particular
change in form as they pile up. The fiery scent of the labiates we have been
considering so far is now moderated into a mild, refreshing lemon scent.
Pseudo-whorls of a few white flowers rich in nectar arise in the leaf axils of
the upper nodes. This is another important bee-plant. Corresponding to its
external form this plant loves a milder warmth, more moisture, and even some
shade (Mediterranean/Orient). Acts warming/refreshing/enlivening, less at
metabolic/more at rhythmic processes, as one would expect from its rhythmical,
leafy nature.
It promotes the menses and conception, subdues states of sexual
excitation, and also has stimulating and calming effects on the digestive
tract, antispasmodic and carminative, > nausea and vomiting; but on the
whole its action extends more in the direction of the rhythmic system than that
of the labiates discussed so far. Palpitations, cardiac neurosis, even
pectanginous states are within its sphere. Sleeplessness, hysteria,
melancholia, attacks of faintness often accompany those conditions and will
also respond to Melissa. Carmelite Water has a distillation of balm as the
chief ingredient.
Mentha piperita. = Pfefferminze;
Sucht impulsiv und wendig nach Kontakten; sind naiv in Beziehungen; sind frische, ambitionierte Workoholics
Scholten: Stadium 1 (ohne Überlegung anfangen)
Begierig zu Arbeiten, schnell im Erledigen, aber kühl + verschlossen (Lyc mehr aufgeblasen); verlieren schnell Beherrschung; haben viel oberflächliche Kontakte
Empfindungen: inner Kälteempfindungen; Menthol (Kältegefühl in Nase) HNO/Pulmo: chronische Sinusitis; trockener Husten ausgelöst durch eingeatmete Luft durch Kehlkopf, < lautes Reden/kalte Luft/Erschütterung (gut für Sänger in D30); << rauchige Luft; Schmerz in Luftröhre.
More temperate warmth of our latitudes, with much light, and damp peaty
soil. The broad lanceolate leaves follow each other closely along a stem up to
2 feet high, and continue all the way up to the pointed pseudo-spicule of
violet summer flowers. In this plant the warmth-principle of the Labiatae
fights with the damp and cool element, and this makes it stimulating and
warming, relieving congestion in the digestive system, spasms and flatulence,
strengthening menses and potency, relaxing uterine spasms. Has also the
vitalizing and calming properties, refreshing, relieving palpitations and
cardiac anxiety. And this plant of warmth and water particularly stimulates the
organ in which fluid organization and warmth organization are interacting with
each other, the liver.
Mentha
pulegium. = pennyroyal/= run-by-the-ground/=
Flöhkraut/= Pudding Grass
WET places; even salt marshes. Even more so than in the case of
peppermint, the warmth-related labiate nature fights against the water
principle foreign to it. Pennyroyal does not lack antispasmodic activity,
stimulating digestion and filling this region of the body with warmth; its
effect on the liver is even stronger than that of Mentha piperita. The
emmenagogic effect becomes so powerful that it causes abortion; the circulation
of blood is increased for the urinary organs, the colon and the genital organs
- even to the extent of causing haemorrhage; diuresis is promoted. Diseases of
the lung, asthma and whooping cough have also been among the indications for
pennyroyal.
Mentholum. = chemisch reines Menthol;
Kältegefühl in Nase; Katarrh + Tubenkatarrh; Stechen in Brust; Asthma
< kalte Luft, << rauchige Luft/frühes Austehen; > Liegen im Bett;
Laryngitis; Pharyngitis
Sankaran: akutes Miasma
Lav. = Lavendel/= Lavender
Fühlt sich genötigt der Umwelt etwas übertrieben und exaltiert darzustellen; empfindlich/verletzlich und will dies verbergen
Vergesslich bis desorientiert; reizbar bei unterdrücktem Ärger; Angst in engen Räumen. Erysipel, Ohnmachten, Palpitationen, geruchsempfindlich
Scholten: Stadium 13 = Scheitern durch Festhalten an veralteten Einstellungen
Gentle, pure restfulness. Foliage scanty; almost contracted into needles,
but still soft are the leaves. The shoot branches near the ground like a
candelabra, with leaf spirals tending to contract into rosettes. From these the
flower spicules rise, thin and upright. In them, the leaf element has been
overcome. Quite different from rosemary, the influorescence with its pure,
sweet "lavender blue" is one of the chief organs in the life of this
plant. It unfolds in summer, with the plant striving strongly into this
revelation of flowers, leaving the less perfect organs, the herb, behind and
below.
Loves dry, warm slopes in the western Mediterranean, liking warmth and
light. Lavender also stimulates the ego-organization, but more in the direction
of calming, controlling the astral body. In this sense lavender
"strengthens the nerves“/calms/brings sleep/relaxes spasm/counteracts
faintness, revivifies. It makes the blood rushing to the head, stimulates
metabolic activity; in paralysis it helps the ego organization to relax its
tight grip on the paralysed limb. Added to baths, lavender: in
sciatica/gout/rheumatic disease (partly due to the fact that the metabolism is
not under the ego's control and therefore has become subject to the irregular
katabolic activity of the astral body).
Oci-c. = Basilicum album/= Kampherbasilicum/=
Alfavaca/= hoary Basil;
NierenkoLIK in Intensität stärker werdend bis zum galligen Erbrechen; Harngrieß, Nierensteine, Ziegelmehlurin.
Verlangt: Kalk/Erde; < feuchtes Wetter
Pathologie: Niere, Blase, Harnröhre
Ocimum basilicum. = Basilicum/= Basil/= Basilienkraut/= Königskraut/= Königsbisam/= sweet Basil/= Tulsi
with broad, fleshy leaves stressing very much the herbal aspect, comes
from a warmer but also damper climate than the other labiates discused here,
from Hindustan.
To the warming note of marjoram is added a fiery, clove-like nuance. The
leaf shoots end in slim, spiculate inflorescences consisting of pseudo-whorls
one piled on top of the other; flowers white and full of nectar. Use to stimulate
warmth to the digestive organs, for its action of cleansing the uterus,
promoting birth and lactation, an aphrodisiac effect. Used in catarrhal
disorders and inflammations of the mucosa in the urogenital tract. Once again a
calming effect is present, and the plant relieves the pain of spasms.
Sucht Anerkennung auf religiösem Gebiet und ist in hoffnungslosem Kampf um soziale Anerkennung; mitfühlend soziale Natur, dient den anderen, um selbst anerkannt zu werden;
Probleme sich zu ändern + anzupassen wegen fundmental konservativ traditioneller Einstellungen; hohe Achtung vor Werten, hohe Moralvorstellungen, aufopferungsvoll, religiös aber trotzdem bodenständig, eine Art königlicher Ausstrahlung Reizung der Schleimhäute mit verstopfter Nase, Rachen Kehlkopf roh + brennend; Cystitis
Scholten: Stadium 2 o. 11 (unsichere Beginn oder Kontrolle halten über das Erreichte)
Oci-s. = indisches Basilikum/= sacred Basil, heiliges Basilikum, Königsbasilikum, engl.: Holy Basil, sanskr.: Tulsi, Tulasi.
Sucht Anerkennung durch Helfen in Notsituationen; oft starke kräftige ausdauernde Leute, die sich anstrengen im Job und in ihren Beziehungen, um Anerkennung in ihrer Gruppe zu erlangen;
Verlangt zu viel von sich bis zum Zusammenbruch (dann burn out), Folgen von Kränkung, enttäuschter Liebe; delusion missachtet, verletzt zu werden; Fehler sprechend/buchstabierend.
Scholten: Stadium 8;
Sankaran: Lepra-Miasma
[N.C. Das]
Tulashi common throughout India, has the property of driving away the mosquitoes.
It has been found by experiments that if the Juice of Tulashi leaves is rubbed
over the body the mosquitoes never come near it. Regarding this property of
Tulashi, the following opinion of Sir George Birdwood will be of great
interest: when the Victoria garden and Albert Museum were established in
Bombay, the men employed on these works were at first so pestered by mosquito
and suffered so much from malarial fever that on the recommendation of the
Hindu manager the whole boundary of the garden was planted with holy Basil
(Tulashi) and any other Basil at hand on which the plague of mosquitoes was at
once abated and fever altogether disappeared from among the residents of the
gardens and temporary resident masons. The opinion of the Imperial Malarial
Conference is also in favour of Tulashi being a good medicine for malaria. In
various books of Ayurveda it is recommended for malarial fevers. Besides this,
Tulashi may be used with great advantage in a variety of diseases. The crushed
leaves of Tulashi mixed with lime juice is used as a paste in ringworm, itches
and cutaneous diseases of the skin. It stiffens the skin, removes the black
spots of the face and increases its beauty. The leaf juice poured into the ear
is a first rate remedy for ear - ache.
Used in snake - bite and scorpion sting. Leaf juice is a very good
remedy for cough, cold and bronchitis. A cup of decoction of the leaves with a
little boiled cows milk and sugar is an excellent substitute for tea and may be
taken to remove the fatigue and to avoid cold and cough, Fresh Juice mixed with
a little powder of Cardamom checks all kinds of vomiting. The powdered seeds
are used with old Jaggery in disorders of genito - urinary system. They thicken
the semen and increase its potency. The patient should necessarily live a life
of abstinence, simplicity and purity. The root of Tulashi taken with betel
leaves is a good remedy for checking involuntary emission of the semen. Thus we
see how useful this plant is, and it is no wonder that it is held in high
esteem and sanctity and is worshipped by every Hindu in India.
Orig-d.x
Orig-v. versucht Anerkennung/Genuss im Sexuellem zu finden, = Gemeiner Dost/= wild Marjoram/= Wohlgemut,
= a more robust variation of marjoram. Grows wild in Europe right down
into Asia, crossing the Alps. Taller than marjoram, and the inflorescence with
its reddish flowers rises more strongly above the leaf sphere. Poor,
mountainous positions, or warm places at the edge of forests are favoured by
the plant, whilst cultured ground repels it.
The wild marjoram, too, has a warming, stimulating effect on the sexual
sphere (uterine disorders: dys-/amenorrhoea); the restraining, mastering forces
of the ego are brought to bear again (erotomania, nymphomania, onanism). After
what has been said so far it will not surprise us that colds and catarrhs
affecting the respiratory organs and weakness of the metabolic organism are
also helped by it. Wild marjoram has diuretic properties, relieves congestion
in the hepatic and portal regions.
Orig. = Majoranum hortensis/= süßer Majoran/= sweet Marjoram/= Wurstkraut;
Sucht Anerkennung in der Sexualität [unterdrückte sexuelle Impulse (gesellschaftlicher Konvention)] dessen Spannung sich in Gedanken, Masturbation oder schneller Bewegung lösen will
Scholten: Fälle von Bauchtanz/Kind von Bauchtänzerin/Bauchtanz als gesellschaftlich anerkanntes Sex-Äquivalent.
Gedanken an Sex (gebesserte Stimmung danach); Sex-Ideen mit trauriger, unzufriedener bis suizidaler Stimmung, Leukorrhoe mit Reizung Schamgegend; intensive Bewegung wie Rennen, Tanzen; Folgen enttäuschte Liebe, sex. Missbrauch; sexuelle Erregung mehr weiblich mit Schwellung, Jucken Brustwarzen, Schwellung der Brust; laszive Träume, Coitusverlangen; Fröhlichkeit mit Gedanken an Heirat;
Sexuelle Übererregung vor allem bei frühreif/Kind (Mädchen 2 - 5 Jahre).
Sankaran: Syphilis-Miasma
Coming from the warm south of Europe, though marjoram does not like the
rocky mountain slopes so much, but rather warm, light golden soils and the
cultivating hand of man. The germinating seed needs shade; it develops into a
graceful, beautifully formed plant, even its lower parts permeated with the
mild aroma, striving upwards irresistibly, with gently rounded leaves drawn
close to the stem, and soon it is crowned by the flower spicules. Each spicule
looks like a small bee-hive, with numerous small white blossoms half concealed
in it when they come out in high summer. It requires the long period of
southern sunshine to ripen seeds capable of germination; they are full of fatty
oil. The mild scent of the leaves gives a beneficent, warming sensation - like
the dark warmth of the baker's oven. The etheric oil, produced through cosmic
warmth, but in more gentle fashion than in the Labiatae we have discussed so
far, also contains camphorous substances. From the same cosmic forces derives
the fatty oil surrounding the seed to shut off the influence of earthly forces,
so that the seed may remain fully open for the cosmic formative powers which
impress upon it the germ of the formative law of future growth. R.S.: seed as a
medicinal agent (to regulate the menstrual cycle). Power to fill the metabolism
(sex organs) with warmth. It strengthens the stomach and intestines, cures
colics and diarrhoea, promotes conception and menstruation. Its sphere of
action includes antispasmodic properties (asthma/vertigo/paralysis). In
combination with Melissa, it is an excellent remedy for inflammations and
weakness of the child-bearing organs.
As the seeds develop, part of the plant is first of all separated off
from the whole, subjected to partly paralyzed processes of growth and
decreasing vitality, and finally tied off completely from the whole.
This part would have to deteriorate into chaos had it not been permeated
with new formative forces after pollination. These - and is a finding of
spiritual scientific research - stream into it from the cosmic periphery. We
have already described how the higher aspects of being of the plant are linked
with that cosmic periphery. The specific constitution of the seed protein of
the species concerned serves as a "filter" to separate out from the
abundance of cosmic influences those relevant to the plant. Because of
pollination, the seed protein becomes chaotic at first, and this removes it
from the sphere of influence of earthly forces, forces radiating outwards from
a physical centre which find their most perfect expression in dead, mineral existence.
The seed protein now comes under the influence of the universal forces which
radiate inwards.
The chaos is penetrated by the cosmos, and can again become a
microcosmos, something that is alive and developing. The process of oil
formation always linked with seed development serves to isolate the seed from
the forces of the earth. It disappears during germination, when the plant once
again looks for, and makes contact with, the forces of the earth.
Orthosiphon
aristatus. = Katzenbart/ the Indian kidney tea, grows in
Indo-China/Archipelagus/Australia. The leafy stems are similar to those of
peppermint, ending in a pseudo-spicule built up from whorls. The pale blue
flowers reach out a long way, with long thin tubes growing horizontally and
long stamens pouring from the flower in the same direction. Tea contains
etheric oils, tannins, a glycoside and a high proportion of potassium salt; it
acts against mineralizing processes in the metabolic sphere, against uric acid
diathesis. Kidney and bladder stones, inflammatory rheum/gout/arteriosclerosis
and diseases of the liver and gall bladder are treated with it. But above all
it supports the kidney process, and is considered a good remedy for disorders
of the kidney and bladder, the early stages of contracted kidney, chronic
inflammation of the kidney, the formation of gravel and stones in the kidney,
haematuria and albuminuria. This labiate carries warmth processes with a
solvent action, which like the ego organization hold the balance between
inflammation and hardening, into the kidney region, the organ of Venus. It is
interesting that this medicinal plant has its habitat in the region inhabited
by a race which physically shows a particularly strongly developed kidney process,
so that one might call it the "Venus race.
Rosm. = Rosmarin/= Rosemary/= Salvia rosmarinus/= Kranzenkraut;
Tapfer zwingen andauernden Herausforderungen anzunehmen, um Anerkennung zu erreichen; aber zeigen nicht ihr inneres, verbergen etwas, wollen nicht ihr wahres Selbst zeigen, um die Anerkennung nicht zu verlieren; Herausforderung wäre aus dem System/Gruppenzwang herauszutreten und wagen zu sich selbst zu stehen
Konzentration + Gedächtnis schlecht, Delusion nicht anerkannt zu sein, stiller Kummer; sind eisig kalt
Menses: Hämorrhagien, Abort nach
Blutung; Ovarcysten. Weibliche Organen; Leber- Gallenblase; Atemprobleme;
Glatze
Scholten: Stadium 6 o. 8
Looks like a small, spiky pine tree; the dark green leaves are
contracted into needles, and the shape of the shrub, which may be up to man's
height, is compact, forceful and composed; only during the flowering time,
briefly as it comes and goes, something more volatile passes over it: the
delicate violet floral haze of the small pseudo-spicules on their brief shoots.
But that is just a short moment in spring. The sunshine of the long, hot, dry
Mediterranean summer finds the plant composed within itself, almost rigid. The
aroma is fiery, but severe, strong, strengthening consciousness, rousing. The
scent might well be called fiery-salty, and at the same time there is something
of the solemnity of incense about it. The coastal mountain regions of the
Mediterranean is "rosemary country“. The almost impenetrable thorny scrub,
the maquis, covering those stony slopes is its favourite landscape (close to
the sea). The rosemary bushes are cut every 3 years and the oil distilled from
them varies from place to place/from year to year; determined by climate/soil;
that is, the way in which warmth-cosmos and earth combine in the plants
concerned.
The flowers give excellent honey.
The ancients used it more for rites than as a medicinal herb. Its medicinal
virtues were discovered in the Middle Ages; at that time it became very closely
linked with man in traditions (christenings/weddings/burials). This was the era
when the egoic force struggled to emerge in the evolution of man; the human
being was becoming an individual, the forces of individual responsibility
wakening in the soul as it was permeated with ego, a new member of the soul was
born, the "spiritual soul“. Strangely enough, it was then that Labiatae
took on particular meaning for human beings (rites/home/cooking).
R.S. strengthens the ego and its effects on the other members of man's
being. This explains its action on fainting attacks, states of exhaustion due
to intellectual overstrain; also the action on the blood organ, as this is the
physical foundation on which the ego can unfold its activity. The blood process
is activated. Chlorosis, inadequate menstruation, circulatory disorders are
favourably influenced.
Parallel to blood activity, the proper permeation with warmth is also
promoted. Once the organs are given a better blood supply and warmth, ego
organization and astral body can come in more effectively. This plant promotes
digestion, "firing the metabolism," and acts as a sudorific. Where
the higher members of being have a cramped hold on muscle tissue this relaxes;
it also is of service in the treatment of epilepsy. A nervous system worn down
by excessive intellectual demands is permeated more strongly by anabolic
processes (diabetes mellitus: R.S.: A weakened ego organization unable to
control the process of sugar formation/ego organization specifically active in
the sugar metabolism, and the special need for sugar in human beings is
indicative of this.) The ego, being too weak, withdraws to the periphery and
develops a strong intellectualism through the brain; one of its main spheres of
action, on digestion, production of blood and respiration, it leaves to the
astral body.
The way in which the ego works in that main sphere of action has a
counter process in the plant world, where forces from outside the earth induce
the plant-bearing earth to produce etheric oils. Using such etheric oils in
baths is one method of treating weakness of the ego.
By developing "spiritual sense organs" capable of doing so, it
is possible to perceive the interplay of astrality and egoity around the plant
(which consists of a physical and an etheric body).
R.S. described how the astral aspect of the plant flows/circles/whorls
around the flower. It strives to combine with the purest element, the
"soul of the sun's ray“. The ray of the sun is permeated with the same
force as that contained in our astral body. Physical light is the external body
of astral light coming from the sun, and the element which glows around the
body of the plant is intimately bound up with the astral radiated by the sun.
"You have a wish, a will, an emotion, because you have an astral body -
here wish, will, emotion is what swirls around the flower up there. What does
it want then, as it sworls around the flower? It wants to absorb, to take up
the soul of the sun's ray, and with the soul the purest part, the ego, and it
is a continuation of the sun's ray that passes through the plant to the centre
of the earth. In this activity of the spiritual content of the sun's ray,
passing through the plant down to the centre of the earth, the activity of the
plant's ego finds expression.
And so spirit, plant and sun act together“.
Chemical analysis: Rosm. contains etheric oil (in which alpha-pinene,
i-camphene, cineol, d- and 1-camphor and d- and 1-borneol have been
found)/resins/bitters/tannins. That is how they "come apart in one's
hand" - but where is the spiritual bond between them; i.e. the essential
nature of rosemary? It is difficult to find the word rosemary again by just
looking at the letters A E O Y M R S. It is equally difficult to see anything
of the essential nature of the plant in the various substances which are the
end-product of analysis. But this essential nature, with its own peculiar
features, will become apparent again if the etheric oils, tannins, bitters,
etc. are seen as the outcome of activity on the part of the members of the
plant's being.
R.S. 1. the cosmic plant-ego finds expression in the production of
etheric oils;
2. the cosmic astrality of the plant manifests among other things in the
formation of tannins; these are, so to speak, the organ which conveys the
astral impulses to the etheric body of the plant. If the astrality of the plant
acts too intensively into the physical sphere, breaking through the region of etheric
formative forces, plant poisons, alkaloids, develop;
3. the development of forces in the etheric body which attract the
astral finds expression in the production of bitter substances.
The medicinal action of etheric oils, and particularly that of rosemary,
therefore consists in stimulation of the ego. Tannins make the astral body
inclined to combine with the etheric body. Bitter substances stimulate the
etheric body to take the astral body into itself.
Something fiery and forceful emanates from the rosemary shrub.
Salv. = Gartensalbei/= Königssalbei/= Shop-sage
Starkes Schwitzen bei schlechter Kreislauf-Zirkulation; Kitzelhusten; As
the preceding examples have shown, the characteristic of the labiate process is
that the "warmth ether" enters deeply into the region of the
"life ether“. This interaction finds expression in aromatic processes
involving volatilization (action of the warmth ether), and in the compact form
of the plant, always gathered in closely around the stem element (action of the
life ether). Sage is as "particularly true" labiate, and Salv. is one
of the most impressive representatives of the genus, so that it deserves more
detailed treatment.
"Sage country" are the bare chalk rocks of the Dalmatian coast,
the barren slopes of the Balkans, Greece and Spain. On such slopes, sage is
like incense on an altar of nature; its scent is severe/solemn, similar to
rosemary, but rougher, closer to the earth. It is a real summer plant, with
sturdy, woody stems, strong, thick, wrinkled leaves, strong ribs and veins, not
contracted into needles, but into narrow lancets. From the leafy half-shrub
rises the imposing inflorescence, determinedly separating itself from the leaf
region; the flowers are large and aromatic, full of nectar and particularly
shaped to fit the body of a bee. And so in the current of warmth-filled
development the sage plant rises up quickly to an upper region, there revealing
itself in the exhalation of scent, the production of etheric oils and a rich
flowering; but in contradistinction to this it also takes up into itself
solidifying, formative elements, also apparent in physical form, in the
abundant development of tannins as well as resins, and considerable deposits of
salts (calcium oxalates). The dried leaves contain 2% of etheric oil, 5 - 6%
resins, and 5% tannin.
The action of etheric oils born in warmth on the ego organization which
works in warmth processes has now been sufficiently described. Resins are like
etheric oils condensed to the solid state, formed through warmth activities,
but mummified. They stimulate ego activity in the system of nerves and senses.
Tannins, arising from astral impulses (this is particularly obvious from the
fact that much tannin is formed around animal-plant galls), act on the astral
body. R.S. drew particular attention to the importance of the tannin from sage
in the treatment of asthma. According to him, the "inner appetite" of
the organism is lacking in the case of asthma. "The whole organism is
something of a subtle organ of taste. Only later this tasting function is
localized ... in the area of the palate and tongue .... In subconscious
spheres, then, the human being savours and produces the inner experience of
appetite throughout the whole of the organism .... There is such a thing as
lack of appetite on the part of the organism. (the asthmatic) has no desire
whatever to take the ingested food substances particularly in the direction of
those parts which enter into the whole of the circulation. Now it is a good
thing to know how one can get at an organism ... which has no appetite, which
means that the proper connection between etheric organism and astral organism
has been broken, for that is what it means to lose the appetite. In a case like
this it is always good to give the organism the right dose of the tannic acid
obtainable from sage leaves, for instance . . . or from oak leaves. This is a
substance of particular importance to the astral body, stimulating it to extend
its activity to the etheric body“. It is interesting in this context that a
species of sage growing in Crete, Salvia pomifera, frequently produces cherry-
sized galls at the end of its shoots, very sweet and edible when young. (In the
formation of galls, etheric plant nature and astral animal nature combine
particularly closely.)
To the healing process of warmth which is a key-note of the labiate
species we have so far discussed, sage adds the tannic processes to give
firmness. The resulting formative processes tauten tissues, give form to bloated
tissue. An overflowing fluid organism is held in check, warmed through;
glandular activity in particular is placed under the rule of ego impulses.
Excessive lactation, abnormal perspiration are therefore held in check
by sage. It has anti- inflammatory and also tissue-forming, wound-healing
properties if used in compresses, washes, gargles, etc. for inflammations of
the throat, etc. Like the other labiates we have been discussing, sage also
stimulates egoic activity in digestion, metabolism and blood formation, of
course.
Salv-sc. = Muskatellersalbei/= Scharlachkraut/= Clary Sage;
Scut. = Sumpfhelmkraut/= Helmkraut/= Blue
Skullcap/= Mad(-dog) weed/= Blue Pimpernel,
Nicht sicher/nervliche Schwäche als Folgen von zu viel Studieren, von Aufregung, von Überforderung/-Überarbeitung;
Verwirrt, kann sich nicht aufs Lernen konzentrieren; nervöse Ängste o. nervöse Aufregung; sind frustriert um ihre Gesundheit; kann aber Beschwerden nicht klar umschreiben, kommt immer wieder auf das zurück, was sie schon geschildert haben (keine klares Bild was eigentlich ist, was sie eigentlich aussagen will); nervös hysterische Patienten, auf die Scut. = Valer-ähnlich (Angst/umwölktes Denken/evtl. Schwindel-Probleme nach grippalen Infekten o. Sinusitis, die mit Antibiotika behandelt wurde).
Brust: Pochen, Stechen, Rhythmusstörung (ähnlich Lycps + mehr nervöser Natur).
Herzneurose; chronic fatigue; chronische Sinusitis; Folgen von grippalen Infekten
Thymu-v. = (echter) Thymian/= Thyme/= Gartenthymian/= Hühnerkohl,
Contracted like heather/a minute cypress, grows on stony ground in the
full sun of Spain/Italy/Dalmatia/Greece. It requires little from the soil, needs
hardly any water, but all the more of the cosmic light and warmth. The small
fleshy leaves, almost contracted into needles, strive upwards strongly,
together with the shoot; every summer the inflorescence, in clusters the colour
of purple heather, pushes its way above them. Bees love those tiny blossoms.
The herb has an aromatic, fiery flavour; the scent is strong, peppery, warming,
slightly musty.
When the warmth organization - and with it the ego - does not fully
permeate the stomach and lungs, when there is a tendency to develop colds, or
any organic region holds "too much water, and too little warmth,” thyme
can be helpful. Children with rickets, an exudative diathesis will benefit from
thyme baths, and the plant is a remedy for persistent bronchial catarrh and
even whooping cough. It is also useful in gastritis, gastric spasms, colics -
if the organic region lacks warmth. With an overactive thyroid on the other
hand, the metabolic stimulation given by this fiery herb may go too far; must
be used with caution.
Thymu-s. A "softened" thyme. It, too, loves
dry, sunny meadows in the mountains, though also the dampness of dew, and rises
up to the snow line.
Habitat south and north of the Alps. Its scent is part of the aromatic
fragrance of summery alpine meadows. Bees find rich pasture in the purplish
flowers rising from a foliage that clings to the ground (small leaves: linear
or curved). Wild thyme was regarded as "lady's herb" (Our Lady's
bedstraw), dedicated first to Freya and later to Mary.Thought to promote
menses, but also confer chastity (bringing the sexual functions into a healthy
rhythm, ruled by the ego). Use similar to that of "true" thyme: for
whooping cough, cough; to "strengthen the nerves,” for spasmolysis
(gastric spasms, asthma, epilepsy), and added to the bath for weak and
scrofulous children.
Teucr. The leaves
of this graceful shrub are very small and greatly contracted. The shoots strive
upwards and end in the inflamed crimson of the flower spikes. Fiery and
caustic, stinging, is the scent of the leaves if they are rubbed; burning and
as hot as the hottest pepper is their taste. This plant, with the accent much
on the flowery, volatile element, has an action similar to that of thyme, but
more directed at metabolism. It fires the liver process, promotes the flow of
bile, fights the tendency to stone formation. It also has emmenagogic
properties, and the plant has been used to treat paralysis of the limbs; further
for inflammations of the upper respiratory tract and proliferations in the
nasal region.
Satureia-h. along the eastern Mediterranean and on the shores of the Black Sea. It holds a place between rosemary and sage, and shall be mentioned briefly. Its growth is woody and bristly, needing a lot of warmth, with the leaves once again contracted almost into needles. The plant loves rocky slopes, covered with boulders. It is not surprising to find that it stimulates the appetite, has antispasmodic and sudorific actions, fills the digestive organs with warmth, but also has emmenagogic and slightly aphrodisiac properties. Contains etheric oils and also some tannin.
Teucr. = Katzengamander/= Moschuskraut/= Katzenkraut/= Amberkraut
Polypen (Nase/Darm/Gebärmutter)
Chronische Katarrh mit Atrophie/stinkende Krusten; Ozäna/Geruchsverlust
Dauerjucken am Anus (Oxyuriasis)
> Bewegung; < Berührung/sitzen/Bücken;
Sankaran: Ringworm-Tinea-Miasma
Teucr-s. = Salbei-Gamander/= Wood Sage/= wilder Gamander/= Wald Gamander
In damp, cool, shady element, the labiate type, so closely bound up with
warmth, meets sphere foreign to itself;
Forced to come to grips with elements inimical to it. Musty, sweaty scents,
harsh, bitter taste indicate this struggle. Such a plant is the wood sage; it
grows on siliceous soil on the edge of forests/in clearings, on the upper edges
of granite ravines in the forest, and in cuttings in western Europe. From a
ground shoot branching off into runners rises a tall, narrow, leafy shoot, with
egg-shaped, lanceolate, hairy, pale green leaves, ending at the top in a slim
spike of pale yellow labiate flowers; these grow all round the stem, but all
face in one direction, towards the strongest light. Etiolated, rank that is how
the whole thing strikes one; pale and extended because of lack of light. In
addition to the various characteristics already described for the Labiatae,
there is now the silica process in Teucrium scorodonia. This makes the struggle
for light easier for the plant. Silicic acid promotes the light metabolism, as
experimental studies by L. Kolisko have demonstrated.
R.S. recommended the plant for supportive therapy in Tb. Plants rich in
silicic acid have altogether become known for their activity in this direction.
Tb. is a disease due to lack of light. The organism's faculty for the
"development of inner light" is weakened. Successes have also been
reported in the treatment of Tb. of the testicles/bones. It has already been
mentioned for several species that the labiate will benefit the sweats of
phthisic patients, something which also applies to this plant.
Sankaran: Miasma: Tuberkulin
Teucrium scordium = Lauchgamander/= water Germander/= Lachenknoblauch;
Lives in muddy soil. Contains an etheric oil with a musty, garlic-like
scent (sulphur process), tannins, bitter substances. Acts at the fluid
organism: it is diuretic and sudorific, against mucous obstruction in the
digestive system, glandular inflammations (orchitis); chronic bronchitis, Lung
(Tb./empyema), also ozaena, purulent sinusitis of the maxillary sinuses. The
labiate action, with the sulphur component added to it, is carried up into the
rhythmic system. This plant, which draws the flowering element down into the
rhythmic sphere of leaf and stem, is helped by the sulphur process to assert in
the watery, earthy, cool sphere its own nature as a plant determined by warmth.
These "combative processes" give it its medicinal action.